Stock Storyline Seeds

piccamo · March 17, 2020

Inspired by Brushfire's question in the Small Questions post, let's come up with a list of stock storyline seeds that you can pull out when you're not sure what you want to do next. Suggest your own story seeds and I'll update the list. Many storylines appear more than once if they are relevant to multiple categories.

Champion & Championship

Champion mocks an underdog, claiming they'll never reach or don't deserve the next level.
A champion doesn't like a rising star taking their spotlight.
A former champion has returned from injury or vacation and wants a championship opportunity.
A cocky worker believes they deserve a championship opportunity.
A legend returns to the company and wants a championship opportunity.
A worker on a hot-streak is awarded a championship opportunity.
A champion wins a second championship, but isn't allowed to be a double champion tries to hand-off the title to another worker who feels dishonored/disrespected.
A challenger feels that a champion doesn't respect their title.
A champion is pinned in a tag match/tournament of some sort to set up a title match later.
A champion retains their title via time limit draw, setting up a rematch with either no time limit or a much more forgiving one.
An authority figure revokes a championship or a championship opportunity.
A manager convinces someone that their client deserves a championship opportunity.
An honorable champion who didn't win title clean feels compelled to prove worth.
A winner of a tournament is awarded or demands a championship opportunity.
A worker who just lost a title to their arch rival refuses to show up again until they're granted a rematch.
An aging worker who was never quite a main eventer seeks to finally win a world title before they retire.
A champion with their own stable forces any potential challenger to run the gauntlet before making a defense.
A champion has a particular challenger that they really, REALLY do not want to defend against and they do everything in their power to duck their attempts.
Two workers vie for the right to be the number one contender to a championship.
A worker has been promised an opportunity for a championship and cashes it in.
Two champions with equal-level championships challenge one another to see who is the best.

Stable and Faction

A stable member believes they should be the leader.
A stable member overshadows the leader.
A stable member is lured away by an opportunity with another stable, manager, or partner.
A stable leader leaves for injury/vacation/contract expiration and there is a power struggle within the group.
A stable leader returns from a break and has to contend with a pretender to his leadership.
A stable forms to take down a bigger threat.
A stable forms to protect or serve another worker.
A stable leader tries to pass a championship to another member who feels that the leader has disrespected the title by their actions.
A stable member starts romance the leader deems a distraction and tries to break up.
A stable trying to gain dominance attempts to destroy another stable.
A stable decides to kick out one of it's members, but one of them refuses to join in on the beatdown and finds themselves torn between loyalties.
An authority figure bans a stable or a stable member.
Two or more factions find themselves trying to court the same worker into joining their ranks.
Some relatives join together to form a new stable.
A champion with their own stable forces any potential challenger to run the gauntlet before making a defense.
A faction is formed based on common nationality.

Tag Team

One tag-team partner turns on another due to losses, ambition, or irreconcilable differences.
Another worker, manager, or stable lures away a tag-team partner.
A tag team worker is taken out and now their partner seeks revenge.
A manager unveils a new client, creating a tag team.
Two tag team workers are interested in the same romantic partner.
Two tag team partners seek the same title.
Two workers create a team to take out a bigger threat.
Two friends create a team together.
Authority forces a tag team to break up when they don't want to.
Authority assigns worker a new partner to form a tag team with.
A worker is injured but is wrestling through it anyway. Out of concern, his tag partner, hesitates to tag him in, causing a rift between them.
A tag team is forced into hiatus due to injury. The active worker finds a new partner while the old one is on the shelf and they find success. When the injured worker returns, they're bitter and jealous.
A tag team is forced into hiatus due to injury and the other one finds singles success, making the injured worker bitter and jealous.
In the face of a major threat a formerly broken up tag team agrees to reunite, just this once.
In a series of tag team matches, one team suffers an injury and the healthy worker has to battle on in handicap matches if/until their partner returns.
In a double elimination tournament, a team fights their way out of the loser's bracket to get revenge on those who knocked them out.
A tag team partner costs a worker a tournament match.
Two workers on a cold streak combine forces to turn things around.
Two siblings create a tag team together.
A parent and child form a tag team together.
A worker who's just left a tag team has to readjust to singles action.
Two workers in a romantic relationship form a tag team together.

Injury

A former champion has returned from injury and wants a championship opportunity.
A stable leader leaves for injury and there is a power struggle within the group.
A tag team is forced into hiatus due to injury and the other one finds singles success, making the injured worker bitter and jealous.
A worker is injured but is wrestling through it anyway. Out of concern, his tag partner, hesitates to tag him in, causing a rift between them.
A tag team is forced into hiatus due to injury. The active worker finds a new partner while the old one is on the shelf and they find success. When the injured worker returns, they're bitter and jealous.
In a series of tag team matches, one team suffers an injury and the healthy worker has to battle on in handicap matches if/until their partner returns.
A worker returning from injury wants vengeance on the person who took them out.
A worker returning from injury feels they need to prove their worth and challenges someone else.
A worker returning from injury is targeted by another worker who is looking for an easy win.
During a match, one babyface injures another. After a couple of weeks, the other worker comes back and goes out of their way to injure the face on purpose.
A worker holds back against an opponent out of concern due to size injury, hurting their opponent's pride.
Over the course of a tournament, a team that was beaten in an early round interferes and costs whoever eliminated them in the next round out of spite.

Authority

Authority forces a tag team to break up when they don't want to.
Authority assigns worker a new partner to form a tag team with.
Authority figure orders a worker to target someone.
An authority figure revokes a championship or a championship opportunity.
An authority figure bans a stable or a stable member.
An authority figure fires a worker.
An authority figure won't allow two workers to have a match.
An authority forces worker to be a bodyguard of more favored worker.
A worker who is fired, banned from the company, or loses a loser leaves town match is brought back to the company by an authority figure if they'll agree to do whatever they say.
An authority figure breaks up a romance.
An authority figure hates a worker and tries to derail their career.
A wrestler kisses up to an authority figure and is targeted by another wrestler.

Manager

A manager orders their client to target another worker.
A stable member is lured away by an opportunity with a new manager.
A manager lures away a tag-team partner.
A manager unveils a new client, creating a tag team.
A worker's manager turns on them while unveiling a new client.
Worker blames their manager for a big loss/losing streak and attacks them so the manager goes out to find a new client to get revenge on their old one.
A manager convinces someone that their client deserves a championship opportunity.

Invasion

Tag team reunites to defend against an invasion.
A worker from a rival company leads an invasion against the current company.
One brand invades another one.
One company invades another one.
A worker comes out of retirement to fend off an invasion.
A worker betrays the company to support the invasion.
A worker betrays the invaders to support the company.
A worker calls in help from an outside company/brand.
A forbidden love as an invader falls for someone loyal to the company or vice versa.

Romance & Love

A stable member starts romance the leader deems a distraction and tries to break up.
Two tag team workers are interested in the same romantic partner.
An authority figure breaks up a romance.
A forbidden love as an invader falls for someone loyal to the company or vice versa.
A worker causes rifts with another worker's love interest.
A worker tries to steal another worker's love interest.
A worker's new romance coincides with losing streak. Will it survive?
A worker's new romance coincides with a hot streak. Will it survive?
A worker has split from their love interest who has found a new champion to challenge their former lover.
A love interest tries to control a worker causing rifts between them.
A worker has been kidnapped and needs to be rescued by a lover.
In a relationship, one worker cheats on the other with a third wrestler.
Two workers vie for the heart of another.
Two workers in a romantic relationship form a tag team together.

Tournaments

Over the course of a tournament, a worker or team that was beaten in an early round interferes and costs whoever eliminated them in the next round out of spite.
In a tournament, a draw in another match gives a worker or team the advantage of a bye.
In a double elimination tournament, a worker or team fights their way out of the loser's bracket to get revenge on those who knocked them out.
A tag team partner costs a worker a tournament match.
The winner of a previous tournament challenges the winner of this tournament.
A winner of a tournament is awarded or demands a championship opportunity.

Streaks

A worker on a hot-streak is awarded a championship opportunity.
Two workers on a cold streak combine forces to turn things around.
Worker blames their manager for a big loss/losing streak and attacks them so the manager goes out to find a new client to get revenge on their old one.
A worker's new romance coincides with losing streak. Will it survive?
A worker's new romance coincides with a hot streak. Will it survive?
A worker claims they'll be the one to end another worker's win-streak.
A worker on a cold-streak looks to turn things around.
Two workers with big winning/undefeated streaks find themselves on a collision course.
A worker goes on a winning streak.
A worker on a hot streak claims that they're undefeatable and get challenged.
A worker on a cold-streak seeks outside help.

Family

A worker meddles with another worker's family.
A worker refuses to fight their family member, no matter what they do to them.
Two siblings clash.
Two siblings create a tag team together.
A parent and child clash.
A parent and child form a tag team together.
Some relatives join together to form a new stable.
A worker has been kidnapped and needs to be rescued by a relative.

Monster

A monster has targeted a worker for destruction.
A monster wants a bigger challenge.
A worker stands up to a monster.
A worker is hunting monsters and taking them down and has targeted their next mark.
A monster is unhappy with being fed enhancement talents, keeps making open challenges after squash matches until someone can give them a real fight.

Legends, Veterans, Generations, and Masks

A legend returns to the company and wants a championship opportunity.
An aging worker who was never quite a main eventer seeks to finally win a world title before they retire.
A worker hunts and takes down legends.
A legend returns to the ring and is challenged another worker.
A legend returns to the ring to challenge another worker.
The most recent generation of a character/mask is attacked by a contender who believes they should've been given the honor.
An aging worker wants to prove they still have what it takes and challenges an upstart.
A veteran doesn't like the new wave of talent.
Two legends clash over which of them is the greatest of all time.

Friendship, Alliances, Mentors, Revenge, and Rivalries

Two workers keep clashing with one another in tag team matches, number-one-contender opportunities, etc. and become rivals.
A worker seeks vengeance on a worker who has wronged him/her in the past.
A tag team worker is taken out and now their partner seeks revenge.
In a double elimination tournament, a team fights their way out of the loser's bracket to get revenge on those who knocked them out.
Worker blames their manager for a big loss/losing streak and attacks them so the manager goes out to find a new client to get revenge on their old one.
A worker finds that they have one particular rival that they just can't seem to beat, but they keep going for it.
A worker's bodyguard turns on them.
A debuting worker tries to rekindle old friendship by shoehorning their buddy's new friend out of the picture.
A worker tries to play peacemaker for friends who aren't getting along.
A worker who just lost a big match to their arch rival refuses to show up again until they're granted a rematch.
A babyface befriends/mentors a heel, trying to get them to turn over a new leaf. The face stops them any time they try to cheat.
Two students of a single mentor vie for their mentor's approval.
A student turns on their mentor.
After a particularly intense battle, two heated rivals come to respect one another and form an alliance.
A worker has been kidnapped and needs to be rescued by a friend or ally.
A larger worker becomes protective of a smaller one.

Miscellaneous

A babyface stands up to a bully.
An outsider looks to make their mark on the rest of the company.
A debuting worker reaches for undeserved opportunities.
A worker believes they're too big for their current company.
A worker doesn't like another worker taking their spotlight.
A worker held captive by another worker.
A worker holds back against an opponent out of concern, either due to size difference, gender or injury, offending their opponent and hurting their pride.
An older ace of a company feels the clock ticking and becomes increasingly desperate to hold onto their top spot.
Two workers rise up the ranks simultaneously, one of them always wins a title first followed quickly be the second.
Two Workers feud over differing wrestling philosophies believing that the others' cartooniness, high-flying, hardcore, old-school, whatever wrestling is ruining the business.
In the lead-up to a big match with someone's mask or hair on the line, the heel repeatedly unmasks or shaves low-level workers to send a message.
A rookie is ungrateful for the opportunities provided to them.
A native worker clashes with a foreign worker over national pride.
Two of the largest wrestlers in the promotion clash in a battle of the titans.
Two workers clash, but one is much smaller than the other in a David vs. Goliath storyline.
One ugly worker clashes with a beautiful worker in a Beauty & the Beast storyline.
One worker goes out of their way to humiliate another.
Two workers don't get along because of their gimmicks or personalities.
Two workers clash over which is the best in their wrestling style.
One worker is jealous about the opportunities, success, or some other factor of another worker.
A rich worker and a poor worker clash.
A worker accuses another of copying their look, style, finisher, and/or nickname.
A worker actively impersonates another worker.

Contributions by Brushfire, cappyboy, Zeel1, and The_Nickman.

cappyboy · March 17, 2020

Some things that I had in the Cappy Pack:

Stable member starts romance the leader deems a distraction and tries to break up.

Debuting worker tries to rekindle old friendship by shoehorning their buddy's new friend out of the picture.

Worker tries to play peacemaker for friends who aren't getting along

Authority forces tag team/romance to break up when they don't want to.

Authority assigns worker a new partner to form a tag team with

Worker's new romance coincides with losing streak. Will it survive?

Honorable champ who didn't win title clean feels compelled to prove worth.

Stable trying to gain dominance attempts to destroy another stable.

Worker held captive by rival.

Authority forces worker to be defender of more favored worker

PDoody · March 17, 2020

Certainly gonna bookmark this! I often come up short with filler storylines

Zeel1 · March 17, 2020

Apologies if some of these are a bit too long and need a summary but I like detailing these things...

- Two workers with big winning/undefeated streaks find themselves on a collision course.

- A worker is injured but is wrestling through it anyway. His tag partner, out of concern for his well-being, always hesitates to tag him in out of fear of exacerbating the injury. Though they're both well meaning, this causes a rift.

- Worker blames their manager for a big loss/losing streak, rightly so or otherwise, and attacks them. Manager goes out to find a new client to get revenge on their old one.

- A tag team is forced into hiatus due to injury. The active worker finds a new partner while the old one is on the shelf and they find success, or the active worker goes into a singles career and finds success. Either way, when the injured worker returns, they're bitter and jealous.

- During a match with no feud, one babyface injures another over the course of the bout with an otherwise routine maneuver. They're remorseful and it was clearly an accident, just something that happens in wrestling. After a couple of weeks, the other worker comes back and goes out of their way to injure the face on purpose.

- Worker is fired, banned from the company or loses a loser leaves town match. A corrupt authority figure agrees to bring them back but only on the pretense that they'll agree to do whatever they say.

- In the face of a major threat (ie. an invasion that puts the whole company at risk) a formerly broken up tag team agrees to reunite, just this once.

- Two or more factions find themselves trying to court the same worker into joining their ranks.

- Over the course of a tournament, a worker or team that was beaten in an early round interferes and costs whoever eliminated them in the next round out of spite.

- In a tournament, a draw in another match gives a worker or team the advantage of a bye.

- In a double elimination tournament, a worker or team is taken into the loser's round early, perhaps by dirty means, only to rise all the way back up and get a shot at revenge against them in the grand finals.

These are probably a bit too specific to fit into a list of generic story beats but I'm fond of them and wanna share. And you actually can take bits and pieces from what happens in them and twist them your own way.

- The leader of a stable, whilst already a midcard champion, wins a world title. By the rules of the promotion they cannot be a double champion. Wanting to keep all the gold in the group, he offers to hand the midcard title to one of his stablemates, rather than vacate it. However, the stablemate refuses, finding this to be disrespectful to the title and a dishonorable way to become a champion. Angry, the leader kicks him out of the group. The title is vacated and a tournament is held. The newly turned babyface fights through the tournament, facing and defeating another former stablemate in the finals to win the title the right way.

- In a tag team Best of Seven, the babyface team fights to a 2-1 advantage to start off. Clearly not confident in their chances of turning the tide the fair way, the heel team assaults the face team and injures one of their partners, forcing the other to continue the series in handicap matches, hoping to be able to buy enough time for his fallen friend to recover. He fights valiantly but the numbers aid the heels to two wins, a 3-2 lead. With the series on the line and his back against the wall, the face miraculously wins the third handicap match, tying it up. In the final match, the injured partner makes a surprise return to even the odds and win the series.

cappyboy · March 17, 2020

These are probably a bit too specific to fit into a list of generic story beats but I'm fond of them and wanna share. And you actually can take bits and pieces from what happens in them and twist them your own way.

- The leader of a stable, whilst already a midcard champion, wins a world title. By the rules of the promotion they cannot be a double champion. Wanting to keep all the gold in the group, he offers to hand the midcard title to one of his stablemates, rather than vacate it. However, the stablemate refuses, finding this to be disrespectful to the title and a dishonorable way to become a champion. Angry, the leader kicks him out of the group. The title is vacated and a tournament is held. The newly turned babyface fights through the tournament, facing and defeating another former stablemate in the finals to win the title the right way.

- In a tag team Best of Seven, the babyface team fights to a 2-1 advantage to start off. Clearly not confident in their chances of turning the tide the fair way, the heel team assaults the face team and injures one of their partners, forcing the other to continue the series in handicap matches, hoping to be able to buy enough time for his fallen friend to recover. He fights valiantly but the numbers aid the heels to two wins, a 3-2 lead. With the series on the line and his back against the wall, the face miraculously wins the third handicap match, tying it up. In the final match, the injured partner makes a surprise return to even the odds and win the series.

These may be far more than what the OP had in mind but I love both storylines. Great stuff that would be a joy to see unfold.

Zeel1 · March 17, 2020

These may be far more than what the OP had in mind but I love both storylines. Great stuff that would be a joy to see unfold.

Thank you very much~ I'm particularly proud of the second one because I'm certain I've never actually heard of a tag team best of seven before, but I saw a chance for a unique story and took it. If you're curious, the faces were the Rock 'N Roll Express and the heels were the Beautiful Hammers, a team I made up consisting of Greg Valentine and Bobby Eaton.

The other one is from when I was much younger (it was actually an EWR thing!) and looking at it now it had some holes in it that I'd probably be better about sealing up today... but I still think the spirit of it is pretty cool. The group was kind of a weird one, the leader was Raven, the one who refused to take the title that way was William Regal and he went on to beat Kane in the finals.

I also came up with several more immediately after I made that post, as is wont to happen...

- A champion is pinned in a tag match/tournament of some sort to set up a title match later.

- A champion retains their title via time limit draw, setting up a rematch with either no time limit or a much more forgiving one.

- A stable decides to kick out one of it's members for one reason or another. But one of them - the ex-member's closest ally - refuses to join in on the beatdown and finds themselves torn between loyalties.

- Worker refuses to fight their family member, no matter what they do to them.

- A worker who either just lost a title or a major match against their arch rival refuses to show up again under any circumstance until they're granted a rematch.

- Worker holds back against an opponent out of concern, either due to size difference, gender or injury. The opponent is offended and does everything they can to get them to fight seriously, out of sheer pride.

- Specific to organizations with gimmicks that are passed down, the most recent generation of a character is attacked by a jealous sort who, for whatever reason, believes they should've been given the honor. (ex. In my BHOTWG game, Elemental III has to deal with this a lot. American Elemental appeared to try and take the mask, believing that he'd earned it with his years of growing his own legacy. Later, MYSTIC Dragon comes after him, claiming that as the son of the original Elemental, he is the rightful heir.)

- An older ace of a company feels the clock ticking and becomes increasingly desperate to hold onto their top spot.

- An aging worker who was never quite a main eventer seeks to finally win a world title before they retire.

- A worker finds that they have one particular rival that they just can't seem to beat, no matter how hard they try. But they keep going for it, even if it takes years.

- Linked to the above but taking it a step further: two workers rise up the ranks simultaneously. One of them always wins their respective level's title first but without fail, the other beats them for it every single time and they can never win a rematch. They keep trying until it gets upgraded to a world title feud.

- Workers feud over differing wrestling philosophies. They take exception to their opponent's cartooniness/high flying/hardcore wrestling/charisma void/boring oldschool stallfests/meatheaded posedowns/size/age/whatever else and believe with all their heart that them and everyone like them are ruining wrestling.

The Nickman · March 17, 2020

Certainly gonna bookmark this! I often come up short with filler storylines

Yeah, me too! I’m often guilty of just “going through the motions” with storylines, essentially chucking x with y and having them interfere in each other’s matches and have a few angles before the blowoff match at the PPV with no real story or purpose. I really should start to pick one from the list each time and write it in the description.

I see in the OP you have “worker goes on a losing streak”, how about “worker goes on a winning streak” a la Goldberg?

Zeel1 · March 17, 2020

Yeah I think I'm just gonna be adding more whenever they hit me...

- In the lead-up to a big match with someone's mask or hair on the line, the heel repeatedly unmasks or shaves low-level workers to send a message. This can be done officially in road agent notes or merely in angles, where someone shaves a little hair or steals a mask without a stip.

- A heel champion with their own stable forces any potential challenger to run the gauntlet before making a defense. This means they must face and defeat everyone in the group consecutively, usually from least to most threatening.

- A heel champion has a particular challenger that they really, REALLY do not want to defend against and they do everything in their power to duck their attempts. This can coincide with the above, but they can also do things like offer title matches to others first, or otherwise make sure one of them is too busy.

(The above is a little vague so as an example, my tag champs were a tandem called the Bloodletters - Bruiser Brody and Billy Jack Haynes - and the No. 1 Contenders were the Rock 'N Roll Express. They earned a title match but the Bloodletters did everything they could to avoid a title match whilst always claiming this was not the case, it was always framed like a coincidence that it never happened.

They would generally get involved in singles feuds to get booked in one-on-one matches on major shows instead, and also joined a Survivor Series team partly so they could do this instead of defend their titles. Brody even managed to challenge for the WWF title instead of defend the belts on one episode of Saturday Night's Main Event! This was all actually a follow-up to the Best of Seven story, RNR won the shot at SummerSlam by finally beating the Beautiful Hammers but they didn't end up getting the shot until the Royal Rumble!)

piccamo · March 17, 2020

You guys are great. I updated the original post with your suggestions, though I took some editorial license to remove endings or to make them less narrow. We are up to nearly 125 unique storylines so I had to break them into categories just for my own sanity! Thanks everyone!

Markw · March 17, 2020

Great thread.

Zeel1 · March 17, 2020

Love the look of the list, very nice~

- A monster is unhappy with being fed enhancement talents, keeps making open challenges after squash matches until someone can give them a real fight.

- A babyface befriends/mentors a heel, trying to get them to turn over a new leaf. The face stops them any time they try to cheat.

- After a particularly intense battle, two heated rivals come to respect one another and form an alliance.

Brushfire · March 17, 2020

Wow - incredible work guys. The opening post is especially looking good piccamo. That's sure a whole lot more than I expected when I made an off-hand question in the Small Questions Thread!

I feel the need to contribute a bit more now... following the reminder/suggestion by Vinsmoker I had gone through the SvR GM Mode storylines... although I fear some may be duplicates now. I've still included them below.

I also manage to find some old TEW Storyline Packs from here (which I had no idea existed until today...!). I was going through dicing them down into my Exel sheet(although the descriptions are quite long for this little reference) - I could also post that here, but I'm not sure if that would be okay with the creators. They were the Panix storylines and the Sonfaro Megapack(s) - are either still active here?

SvR list:

Ungrateful Rookie **

Legend Killer *****

Outnumbered ***

Faction **** A one-on-three conflict between one team of Heel wrestler(s) and one team of Face wrestler(s).

Patriotism **** A one-on-one conflict between a UK born wrestler versus a Foreign born wrestler.

-Patriotism Tag Team **** -The Patriotism Tag Team story is a one-on-one conflict between a UK born team versus a Foreign born team.

-Kidnapping **** -The Kidnapping story is between two male wrestlers and one female wrestler in distress.

-Returning Legend ***** -A Legend returns to the ring in this story between one wrestling Legend and one wrestler.

-Battle of the Titans **** -This one-on-one story can only involve wrestlers who are in the heavyweight or super-heavyweight who are in the heavyweight or super-heavyweight classes.

-David vs. Goliath **** -This one-on-one story involves a cruiserweight wrestler versus a heavyweight or super-heavyweight wrestler.

-Cheating Girlfriend ***** -The Cheating Girlfriend story is between two male wrestlers and one cheating female wrestler.

-Freakshow * -This classic story is about the beast versus the beauty. You must have one Face wrestler against one Heel wrestler.

-Betrayal * -This classic story is about the betrayal of one Face wrestler and one Heel wrestler.

-No Respect ** -The No Respect story is a tag team conflict between one team of Heel wrestlers and one team of Face wrestlers.

-Winning a female wrestler's Heart *** -The Winning a female wrestler's heart story involves two male wrestlers and one female wrestler.

-Humiliation * -This classic story is about the humiliation of one wrestler over another in this one-on-one match-up.

-Loser Leaves the Brand ***** -The loser of the final match in this one-on-one storyline will be forced to leave their respective show.

-Trashed Locker Room * -The Trashed Locker Room story is a conflict between one Face wrestler and one Heel wrestler.

-Greatest of All Time ***** -The Greatest of All Time story is a wrestling Legend specific story between one Face Legend and one Heel Legend

-Injury Revenge *** -This classic story is about seeking revenge between one Face wrestler and one Heel wrestler.

-Cruiserweights Collide ** -This cruiserweight specific story is a classic one-on-one battle between one Face cruiserweight and one Heel cruiserweight.

-Against All Odds *** -The Against All Odds story is a tag team conflict between one team of cruiserweight wrestlers versus heavyweight wrestlers.

-Student Turns on Teacher *** -This classic story is about the student turning on their teacher. You must have one Face wrestler against one Heel wrestler.

-GM Kiss Up ** -The General Manager can't solve all your problems in this one-on-one match-up between a Face wrestler and a Heel wrestler.

-Female wrestler Faction *** -The female wrestler Faction story is a one-on-three conflict between one team of Heel female wrestler(s) and one Face female wrestler(s).

-Classy vs. Trashy *** -This classic story is a bitter disagreement between one Face female wrestler and one Heel female wrestler.

-Female wrestler Jealousy *** -The female wrestler Jealous story is a one-on-two conflict between one team of Heel female wrestler(s) and one team of Face female wrestler(s).

-Female wrestlers Team Up ** -The female wrestlers Team Up story is a female wrestler Tag Team storyline between a team of Heel female wrestlers and a team of Face female wrestlers.

-Number One Contender **** -This story decides who is the rightful number one contender. Wrestlers in this story must be in the top 10

-Hungry Challenger -The hungry challenger gets his shot at the title. You must have on top 10 wrestler versus one champion.

-Undisputed Champion ***** -There is only one undisputed champion in this storyline. You must match-up one champion versus another Champion

-Wealthy vs. Poor * -Richer get richer and the poorer get poorer in this classic story between one Heel wrestler versus one Face wrestler.

-Team Canada *** -One team of Canadian born wrestlers battles another Tag Team for the pride of Canada.

Zeel1 · March 17, 2020

I keep thinking some up and then forgetting them by the time I get to writing them here...

- A worker or team accuses another of copying their look, style, finisher and/or nickname.

- A worker or team is outright impersonating another, much to their chagrin.

(The above might sound similar but they're pretty distinct. Think of the first as a Hulk Hogan/Superstar Billy Graham scenario whereas the second is more akin to Undertaker vs. Undertaker)

- Two workers of similar style want to see who is the best technician/high flier/hardcore wrestler ect.

- A larger worker becomes protective of a smaller one.

hyretic · March 18, 2020

This thread is great. Thanks for all the ideas guys.

hbkb9 · March 18, 2020

Reminds me of the cappy pack that I still go back to from time to time. Great work everyone.

cappyboy · March 18, 2020

Reminds me of the cappy pack that I still go back to from time to time. Great work everyone.

Love hearing that. Glad I could be of service.

WalterSobchak · March 21, 2020

What an awesome and generous thread. Folks here never cease to impress me. Thanks everybody!

cappyboy · March 21, 2020

One that jumped to mind while watching a show earlier this week. Forget whether it was AEW Dynamite or MLW Fusion but the commentator was emphasizing how different tag team wrestling is from singles so I was thinking

Worker who's just left a tag team has to readjust to singles action.

piccamo · March 21, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="cappyboy" data-cite="cappyboy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47396" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>One that jumped to mind while watching a show earlier this week. Forget whether it was AEW Dynamite or MLW Fusion but the commentator was emphasizing how different tag team wrestling is from singles so I was thinking Worker who's just left a tag team has to readjust to singles action.</div></blockquote> I like the idea of it from a worker's perspective, but it doesn't really work with the way TEW sets up storylines as a war between two or more individuals.

cappyboy · March 21, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="piccamo" data-cite="piccamo" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47396" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I like the idea of it from a worker's perspective, but it doesn't really work with the way TEW sets up storylines as a war between two or more individuals.</div></blockquote> Who says it has to be a one storyline deal? I'd see this as more of a wider arc that you apply some of the other seeds in this thread to. Sort of why am I picking these feuds and storylines for this guy? Why the losing streak? Why the issue with the tormentor? The recruitment by the manager sensing weakness? Because of this wider arc you have planned for him.

Brushfire · March 21, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="cappyboy" data-cite="cappyboy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47396" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Who says it has to be a one storyline deal? I'd see this as more of a wider arc that you apply some of the other seeds in this thread to. Sort of why am I picking these feuds and storylines for this guy? Why the losing streak? Why the issue with the tormentor? The recruitment by the manager sensing weakness? Because of this wider arc you have planned for him.</div></blockquote> Yeah, I like this a lot. My original thought with this wasn't really to have easy cut-and-paste storylines to put into the TEW storyline feature, but rather little writer's prompts to help people think about what is next for a certain wrestler or team. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Of course, it should be whatever most people need it to be! I'm still super impressed with how responsive and helpful this community is, it's really nice to see. (on a side note, Grammarly just showed a 'beta' feature for me as I was writing this telling me this post was 5* formal, 1* friendly, and 1* optimistic. I have to say that hurts a little, Grammarly)

The Nickman · March 21, 2020

Who says it has to be a one storyline deal? I'd see this as more of a wider arc that you apply some of the other seeds in this thread to. Sort of why am I picking these feuds and storylines for this guy? Why the losing streak? Why the issue with the tormentor? The recruitment by the manager sensing weakness? Because of this wider arc you have planned for him.

Yeah, agreed. I sometimes book a storyline just centred around one worker (such as going on a long undefeated streak) and just cycle the other workers in and out sometimes on a weekly basis to keep the storyline going. You could do the same thing with this storyline.

TEW2016 is good like that, allowing maximum flexibility with adding and removing workers.

piccamo · March 22, 2020

Who says it has to be a one storyline deal? I'd see this as more of a wider arc that you apply some of the other seeds in this thread to. Sort of why am I picking these feuds and storylines for this guy? Why the losing streak? Why the issue with the tormentor? The recruitment by the manager sensing weakness? Because of this wider arc you have planned for him.

Fair enough. I added it to the list. At the end of the day, these really are just starting points for stories and so people can avoid the ones they don't want to use.

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